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The Video Game Soda Machine Project

38 points by ecliptik 5y ago

DonHopkins 5y ago
There's Brendan the Vending Machine from Cyberpunk 2077. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbR2jB9Kafs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbR2jB9Kafs
Damogran6 5y ago
Similar collections of crates in video games have happened. https://www.arminbwagner.com/crates_and_barrels/crates.html https://www.arminbwagner.com/crates_and_barrels/crates.html
stared 5y ago
Also "Jupiter Hell", which has tons of references to other games. E.g. being eaten by a grue or BFT-9K "The ultimate weapon of mass destruction, patented by a lawyered-up arms contractor, hence the nickname "Big Fucking Trademark 9000"." Vending machines also heal, as e.g. in Half-Life: https://jupiterhell.fandom.com/wiki/Vending_machine https://jupiterhell.fandom.com/wiki/Vending_machine Side note - only after I clicked the link I realized it is about vending machines selling soda. I expected an open source project of playing some games on a soda OLED (vide https://www.cnet.com/news/this-cool-oled-coke-bottle-sports-a-glowing-star-wars-rise-of-skywalker-lightsaber/ https://www.cnet.com/news/this-cool-oled-coke-bottle-sports-...).
reidjs 5y ago
They're a clever tool for video game designers - Instantly recognizable - Simple compared to a 'shop keeper' or something (no dialog, minimal animations)
ghastmaster 5y ago
This makes me feel better about my Dibalo 1 fanpage. I thought I was being too esoteric or niche. This takes the cake!
- Tarsul 5y ago
  thanks for your page! I am a big Diablo 1 fan and found a link to a very interesting buglist[1] through your homepage[2]. which has gems like this: YEAR 2039 RANDOMIZER ISSUE The game engine will stop creating random levels after midnight of January 1, 2039. Any game started before January 1, 1970, will also not be random. So, maybe I should play it again before 2039.... [1]http://www.lurkerlounge.com/forums/thread-12422.html http://www.lurkerlounge.com/forums/thread-12422.html [2]https://mgpat-gm.github.io/index.html https://mgpat-gm.github.io/index.html
  - ghastmaster 5y ago
    This github issue is continually adding to that list: https://github.com/diasurgical/devilution/issues/64 https://github.com/diasurgical/devilution/issues/64 If you get really nostalgic, check out my links page. There are well over 600 links. Many thanks to archive.org!

38 points by ecliptik 5y ago

There's Brendan the Vending Machine from Cyberpunk 2077. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbR2jB9Kafs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbR2jB9Kafs

Damogran6 5y ago

Similar collections of crates in video games have happened. https://www.arminbwagner.com/crates_and_barrels/crates.html https://www.arminbwagner.com/crates_and_barrels/crates.html

stared 5y ago

Also "Jupiter Hell", which has tons of references to other games. E.g. being eaten by a grue or BFT-9K "The ultimate weapon of mass destruction, patented by a lawyered-up arms contractor, hence the nickname "Big Fucking Trademark 9000"." Vending machines also heal, as e.g. in Half-Life: https://jupiterhell.fandom.com/wiki/Vending_machine https://jupiterhell.fandom.com/wiki/Vending_machine Side note - only after I clicked the link I realized it is about vending machines selling soda. I expected an open source project of playing some games on a soda OLED (vide https://www.cnet.com/news/this-cool-oled-coke-bottle-sports-a-glowing-star-wars-rise-of-skywalker-lightsaber/ https://www.cnet.com/news/this-cool-oled-coke-bottle-sports-...).

reidjs 5y ago

They're a clever tool for video game designers - Instantly recognizable - Simple compared to a 'shop keeper' or something (no dialog, minimal animations)

ghastmaster 5y ago

This makes me feel better about my Dibalo 1 fanpage. I thought I was being too esoteric or niche. This takes the cake!

Tarsul 5y ago
thanks for your page! I am a big Diablo 1 fan and found a link to a very interesting buglist[1] through your homepage[2]. which has gems like this: YEAR 2039 RANDOMIZER ISSUE The game engine will stop creating random levels after midnight of January 1, 2039. Any game started before January 1, 1970, will also not be random. So, maybe I should play it again before 2039.... [1]http://www.lurkerlounge.com/forums/thread-12422.html http://www.lurkerlounge.com/forums/thread-12422.html [2]https://mgpat-gm.github.io/index.html https://mgpat-gm.github.io/index.html
- ghastmaster 5y ago
  This github issue is continually adding to that list: https://github.com/diasurgical/devilution/issues/64 https://github.com/diasurgical/devilution/issues/64 If you get really nostalgic, check out my links page. There are well over 600 links. Many thanks to archive.org!